Feeder for cotton trampers



Jan. 13, 1931. T LLlo'l-T FEEDER FOR COTTON IRAMPERS` Filed Dec. 26, 1928 PRESS Box Inve-ntor 7Min/J5 Elk/'0 it tlorncu Patented "Jang Y13,` 1931 u bio i of ysubst'sntially @uniform vthickness t yerstes,thatt afble o'ffuniforin sit s vsneed;and syninietricalasto shape a .Y -formation,Willlresult 1n the Vpresslb .A air t duct rhaving substantially the y 'Y y and rpreferalfily ,openingabelow the ,discharge end of the lintv slide leading to the press box, soy that: the air blast will openl upthe Vton baling tranipers-'and the like, wherein lthe resultingy bale' Yvvill have substantial Heretofore, variousjinechenical 'feedei's `lint slideffleading from the condenser ytothe utedk the cotton across the ypresslboxas to Ven'-k kjeftionayb'le Vfor inanyreasons, chief among `which Sithat it is quitedil'licult te' compressl ducingftheunifcrni bale can be vsolved Ab blowing the .cotton *into the press box se esito 'lill theflatter, to ellpractical yintents Yandpurposes, to a" uniform densi-ty, andv it block.j The loosecottonifree of mechanical Y i I pressbox l as, kte provi tially constant densit Athe air from the condenserv 2' itto flow along'under theline slide l 1 wsrdly ,pastv the deliveryjenclr or thelatter l. adjacent te the press box, sothzitit Will'tenc to discharge the cottonintof the upper pe. ci such box and' iilllv-itend'tne screeneI and uniforinly; Y Y i of cot-tomiproposete provide;afvslvezf colvrrnivg@AcoitroRATIoN I or DELAWARE f THOMAS ELLIOTT; j orf BIRMINGHAM, i isi-L '.iBAMA,y AfssIGNoR To' coNrINENTAL GIN FEDER For; COTTONTRAMPERS?, j f' j ylappingtien' sied recenter 2e, iegf v-seriali Nbf seams. f

fns,y automatically .responsive tov the ovenient f of the tremper .follcW-block, it is of' iinportanceto so VJfeed thecotton that ch will cause'th'e feeder air blast toifunclyv rtlonvonly When the block is raisel'andvvill -K cut'it off during'thetWorking stroke'o the rVVhi'le'it iste be'understo'od that'i yfin'- K fcapable of various einbodiin nts,

` iin the jccompafnyingdr w n lsiderthesimplestsnd,the *Y "ore,vjtl1ke` preierred lIneensV e arryingliny l invention.into'eiecnendl s n describe the "saine Yin V detail f but without' intending to. `limit myself ispeciiically thereto7 vin 'the 'follovvingspecicetion and claims. According'totlie drawings: e, l? lillustrates in sicleelevation, lpalrtly V ken Way, a clde'nser having` a-lntslide vering tintos" conventional type 'o'f balpress1box,the slide, boxend ftrainper follow oxjbei t ncvvnfin lverticalcrossyMy invention relates to'y-wrfeeder lorffco'tluniform density. i

have been employed 'inl'csseciation with ftheL bztlingr press box but `ridire cfg thes'e5 so as I ein advised; 'has so'uniornilydistribable the tremper*toi-build up therein a bale v .loir density'il Thelacl4 of suchuniiorinityis ob- Such bales l -t Y e, e @I have rconceived thatlthe proble'm'cf pre Evilltherefore result, yes the tremper op i `cross-sectionelyvievv .tekenenl i Mere particularly 'I propose the i lnfthis art,v anglr n i'ipon the rotating`r s. 1 -hichfitk is VVreni g i hat 'is [fed between er cotton as it blowsy it intorthe box'ntil the lutter is; illedfbelo thegtreniper follow* Y 1 at" i ylls and and deliveredV leading lto the pressboxk Y amper olloW blccl; lQfmoves e itself in theuppe: wl" de e-Inztss of substany throughout Y the crosspressure, vvill sofplL ofthe .parts als thrusyfar described may Vstandardconstructie@thoselshovvny contemplates diverting l y i venient source of vstir pres persted 'byy ein `sir oriy steen;

nventi'onztlly a reciproca.' gf Y the"tre1in`per-"v The `block 10" car etcotton being `fed `dov/'nth he Working fstrole 1 of clgiiin p screened`d` guide 'chamber abovethefpress box quickly As a simple ineansfoiicontrelling the fieed 'is nto i ythec tones th bl'ale isfin'ade 1jup". K

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vided as 'is customary above the press box. The type of condenser that I have shown is one in which the air is withdrawn axially through thel end ofthe casing remote from that seen in Fig. 1. I provide an air duct 14, preferably formed between the side walls of the slide 8 `and between the concave curved bottom wall of the slide and a lsimilarly curved bottom wall 16 of the duct.

10 It will be noted that the "slide bottom 15 V into the condenser casing 'fromwhichit 'de'- rives a current of air under lpressure responsive to the control 'of a pivoted va'lve 17. This valve when open seats in an offset at the upper end ofthe slide'bottom 15 so that its under surface stands Vsubstantially iiush i with the top wall of the air duct. The valve has operating crank 18, which is lcon- Y n'ected'by a bar 19 to'the top of thev tramper .lint slide soY that as the latter starts downwardly from its extreme raised position, as `shown in Fig. 1, it will vact quickly togrock the valve 17 into position to stopthe airflow through the ducty let.V d In like manner, as 'the 'follow-block 1G approaches its.. raised position, it will, by the means shown, open the valvef17 and thus cause a blast Vor' air to i'low through the duct 14.- with theresult which will" now be described.

During the working stroke of the followblock, the air being out off, the lint. shield Y13 will cause the cotton ybeing fed down the slide to bank up and collect Vat the lower end of the slideand. above the open end 'of the air duct. As soon as the follow-block in rising reaches a critical position, its shield l opensfthe press box V9 to receive cotton from the lintv slide and it opens the valveto admit a current of air to the'duct 14, whiehair rushes 'down through the duct and, following'the direction of the arrows, strikes Vthe accumulated mass of cotton at the base of the lint slide acting toV open it up and direct .it-ink a vortex or whirl into the press box -blastof air from said condenser andV direct stopsv short of the bottom 16 oftheair ductV it, against .cotton 'at the discharge end f of and that the air duct opens at its upper endl the art without departing from the invention as defined in the appended claims.

What I claim as new, is

11. The combination with a condenser, a press box, and a tramper mechanism comprising a screened guide and a reciprocable follow-block therein, or' a chute adapted to deliver cotton from the condenserV into said screened guide, a duct adapted to divert a saidv slide in a direction to blow saidbox `and vs'ereenedrguide full of cotton, and valve Y means vresponsive to the follow-block movements'forV starting and stopping the air blast.

2.*V'I`he combination with a condenser adapted to receive air under pressure, of a lint slide leading therefrom, an duct leading along under ysaid slide and open at Yitsupper end to the condenser and at its lower end to the lint slide, a Avalve control'- `Vling* the flow .of -air .through said duct, a

vpress box,1 a; screened' follow-*block guide above the press box into which the duct and slide arev adapted to discharge, and a'tramper follow-block adaptedto control said valve and to compress the masses of cotton intermittently blown into said press .box below it.

V3. The combination with a condenser adapted to receive air under pressure', ofa lint slide leading` therefrom, an 'air duct leading along under saidlslide and `open at its upper end to the: condenser'and at its lower end to thelint slide, a valve for con-` trolling the iow of, air through said .duct and positioned the `upper end thereot` adjacent the condenser, a press box at'the lower, end of the slide, a reciprocable tramper for lcompressing lint .in the press box, and means voperable upon" reciprocation of the tramper for. intermittently opening and closing the valve. 1 l i In testimony whereof I aliix my signature.

- THOMAS ELLIOTT.

u n'tilit completely fills the latter and the Vscreened guide chamber above it.

"fIhave observed that in thus'lilling the 'press box thevair distributes the cotton so nor'abnormal shape. It will of course be understood that after the boxf9l and the .uniformly that vthe, resulting bales are not objectionable `by reason of varying density' @quicheseey-hemden the@ Skilled in 

